Testimonial 1
I found myself in the presence of a person who, in my opinion, was the greatest musician I had ever met in my life. . . . Music was his language, and it was through this music that I received a lesson. Then he told me the same thing that my father had said: the foundation of all religions is the same, and we should accept one . . . [more]

Testimonial 2
I first met Ostad on an autumn day in 1963 in Tehran (I am French and at the time had been living in Tehran for 5 years). It was in the spring of 1964 that I really became his student. At first, the gatherings did not take place on fixed dates or at regular intervals. Gradually, a group formed that would convene once, sometimes twice a week . . . [more]

Testimonial 3
By the late 1950s, I had developed a strong allergy toward the strange definitions of God that were prevalent while remaining enthusiastic about spiritual salvation. Consequently, I had developed a kind of personal mythology that did not really satisfy me in practice. The more I searched my mind, the more I could see that I was imprisoned by the confines of my five senses, yet these same five senses told me that what I was searching for must logically lie beyond these pentagonal walls. At certain moments, a spark would illuminate my inner being, as if I had a hidden receiver within me capable of receiving frequencies beyond the confines of these walls . . . [more]